1951 Was Fire Brigade's Busiest Year
Wollongong Fire Brigade had the busiest year in its history during 1951, answering 160 alarms…
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295 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 15
Fire at Flemington Racecourse
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fire today caused £10,000 damage to the Main Hill stand at Flemington racecourse…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open air has been extended until midnight,…
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Campers in Towradgi Park yesterday assisted the Corrimal cire Brigade to extinguish a fire burning in the park…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—Every available man in Warialda and from miles around was fighting desperately tonight in an effort…
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Two men died in Swan Hill Hospital today from burns received in a blaze believed, to have been deliberately started…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A violent storm which swept over Toukley today lifted a 13-year-old girl in a play tent…
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Wollongong Fire Brigade was called yesterday to a small grass fire on a vacant allotment in Hamilton Street, Fairy Meadow…
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The City Council was told last night considerable delay had been experienced in obtaining equipment for Bush Fire…
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A home and a shop at Coniston and a number of holiday camps at Cerrimal beach were threatened by fires on…
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Greater Wollongong fire brigades received 494 calls to [?] during 1951. Seventy-six per cent of the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—C.I.B. Arson Squad detectives are investigating a fire which destroyed thousands of pounds worth of…
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A fire was taken to the Wollongong Fire Station on Thursday night. A taxi cab arrived at the…
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The N.R.M.A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in their cars. Mr. C. H. Napthali, chief…
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Miss Pauline Dawson, right, and Miss Joyce Howard, both of Headquarters Detachment of the Red Cross V.A.'s, giving…
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The N . R . M . A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards or lire in their cars, Mr. C, H. Napthali. chief engineer, says fires can…
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The N.R.M.A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in their cars. Mr. C. H. Napthali, chief…
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The men's quarters at Kameira mine, at Mount Kembla, were totally destroyed when a fire broke out in one of the…
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Fires are not permitted to be lit in the open without a permit from the local Council. This was emphasised at last…
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A demonstration of bush fire fighting will be held at the top of Bulli Pass tonight when members of the Bulli Bush Fire…
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